PETER BRODERICK & ENSEMBLE 0 - 'GIVE IT TO THE SKY: ARTHUR RUSSELLS TOWER OF MEANING EXPANDED'

Formats

• ERATP161LE - 2xLP (COLOURED)

  3700551785056

• ERATP161LP - 2xLPs

  3700551785063

• ERATP161CD - CD

  3700551785070

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This autumn, Erased Tapes are set to release ‘Give It to the Sky: Arthur Russell’s Tower of Meaning Expanded’ by composer and producer Peter Broderick and French 12-piece group Ensemble 0; a complete re-recording of Russell’s epic minimalist orchestral composition originally released in 1983. Released 6th October, ‘Give It to the Sky’ also includes unreleased tracks by Russell which have been restored and re-recorded, resulting in an 80-minute reanimation that threads several lost songs into a meticulous and gorgeous rendering. Ensemble 0 weave in and out of Broderick’s additions. ‘Corky’, a poignant cowboy ballad that Russell never finished, appears, disappears, and reappears three times, the droning exhalations of ‘Tower of Meaning’ making it feel sweeter and sadder. Arriving just after the triumphant halfway mark, the title track is a sublime meditation on mere existence, about staring at some simple rural scene and marcelling at the miracle of being anywhere at all. It is an apt encapsulation of how this entire project feels – a glorious way to hear something that might have seemed familiar as if for the very first time. Russell was never much for definitive versions, of course. He was constantly rethinking the possibilities of a piece, of wondering what else it could do. ‘Give it to the Sky’ is a powerful affirmation of those principles, using Tower of Meaning’s framework to build outward and upward, to shape something that functions within Russell’s wondrous, paradoxical world. And ‘Give it to the Sky’ is also not intended to be some definitive last word. Broderick and Ensemble 0 speak already of the ways it may shift on stage, of where else it might lead.

Tracks

A1.Tower of Meaning I
A2. Tower of Meaning II
A3. Tower of Meaning III
A4. Tower of Meaning IV
A5. Corky I / White Jet Set Smoke Trail I
A6. Consideration
B1. Tower of Meaning V
B2. Tower of Meaning VI
B3. Tower of Meaning VII
B4. Tower of Meaning VIII
B5. Tower of Meaning IX / Corky II
C1. Tower of Meaning X
C2. Give It to the Sky
D1. Tower of Meaning XI
D2. Tower of Meaning XII
D3. Corky III
D4. White Jet Smoke Trail II

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CARLTON MELTON - 'TURN TO EARTH'

Formats

• AGIT068 - 2xLPs

  5060446127919

• AGIT068CD - CD

  5060446127896

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Northern California psychedelic sorcerers Carlton Melton are brain surfers, mind trippers, … “psychlists,” if you prefer. The band will take your head for a ride, occasionally rushing at superluminal speeds through a wormhole or gliding softly on a gentle breeze in a leafy glade. Sometimes your brain needs to rage, and sometimes it needs to repose. For a decade and a half, the band has yo-yo’ed, almost schizophrenically, between these two modes: walloping space jams with furious guitar solos in one hemisphere of the brain and ethereal, feather-light splashdowns in the other. Not to mention a track here and there that builds from the latter into the former. But with two new releases in 2023, the band has evolved. Whether psych rock or ambient trance, their sound remains driving, organic, and flowing. With the addition of Anthony Taibi (White Manna, DDT), however, the group’s metal freak-outs are Hawkwindier and their droning kraut trances are Spacemen 3-er. In January, the quartet released the playfully spacey Resemble Ensemble, recorded in Taibi’s home studio 3D Light. October now sees the band Turn To Earth, a work with scents of Autumn, a season of death and transition. The cover art evokes a vine-covered, electric crucifix. The sound is, well, earthy but also gritty and striving towards change. The album was recorded in Fall 2022 and now harvested in Fall 2023. Phil Becker (Terry Gross, Pins Of Light) contributed drums and percussion to a few tracks on Turn To Earth, recording the album at El Studio in San Francisco. With Becker at the helm, the synths have become more prominent (“Cosmicity,” “Roboflow,” “Migration”) and the tone heavier on the doom (“Cloudstorming,” “Unlock The Land,” title track): several moments could even serve as background music for epic dark fantasy films like Conan the Barbarian, Fire and Ice, or Heavy Metal. As exquisite as Turn To Earth is, Melton are best appreciated as a live act: their recordings as well as their gigs are largely improvised – not so much composed as birthed. And yet their most recent tour ended abruptly and perilously. The group had to cancel its final three shows once members were admitted to Arnhem hospital in the Netherlands. Five years later, reinforcements have strengthened the band and restocked its arsenal of great tracks. After the rockus interruptus of that 2018 tour and the tantric tease of the intervening Covid lockdown, Melton have some unfinished business. An October 2023 tour is poised to set the freshly minted quartet back onto the stages of Europe and within the cerebral folds of its fans. Turn To Earth, sure … but keep your head in outer space. Carlton Melton is: andy duvall – drums/gtr; clint golden – bass; rich millman – gtr/synth; and anthony taibi – synth/gtr.

Tracks

01. Turn To Earth
02. Cloudstorming
03. Vanquished
04. Cosmicity
05. Canned Head
06. Sundering
07. Unlock The Land
08. Roboflow
09. Last Times
10. Migration
11. Mutiny

Press

COMES WITH A SPECIALLY COMPILED LIMITED 70+ minute Carlton Melton 'Mandatory Melton' CD (7 tracks of magick Melton classics)

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HighSchool - 'FOREVER AT LAST'

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• DR1048 - LP

  5060853701702

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Melbourne’s HighSchool – the trio of Lilli Trobbiani, Luke Scott and Rory Trobbiani – are a new band worth taking notice of. Relocating to London last year, they’re fast becoming an essential live act; having toured with CHVRCHES, NewDad and Sam Fender, played End of the Road, Visions and Wide Awake Festivals, and recently headlined a raucous, sold-out Moth Club. Released on UK tastemaker label Dalliance Recordings (Gia Margaret, Francis of Delirium, lilo) and featuring the singles ‘New York, Paris and London’, ‘Frosting’ and ‘Sirens’, their six-track debut EP “Forever at Last” perfectly distils classic C86 indie, lo-fi, new wave, goth and post-punk through a new lens.

Tracks

A1. Frosting
A2. New York, Paris and London
A3. De Facto
B1. Sirens
B2. Jerry
B3. Forever at Last

Press

'A sprawling and gorgeous thing.' NME
'Unashamedly hook-driven art pop elation.' So Young
'Deliciously dark dance numbers that?ll be stuck in your head for
days.' DIY

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PHOEBE GO - 'PLAYER'

Formats

• DR1059 - LP

  8904383007521

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*LTD BLUE VINYL* Having cut her teeth as part of dream pop band Snakadaktal then as half of Two People, Melbourne’s Phoebe Go solo break out has seen her discover her own voice and potential, a process that has been both daunting and liberating for her. Her self-released debut, the Player EP, opened the world to Phoebe’s vulnerable, sincere and gut-wrenchingly honest songwriting; posing questions about her career, relationships and existence, yet still emerging with heartfelt hope for the future. A word-of-mouth success when released late last year, the likes of NME, Notion, Wonderland, triple j Unearthed, Double J and Under The Radar have already sung her praises. Having just wowed audiences at The Great Escape, her Player EP is finally getting the vinyl release outside Australia it deserves, being released by tastemaker label Dalliance Recordings (Gia Margaret, HighSchool, Francis of Delirium, lilo). Formats Available: Limited edition (300) 12” Blue Vinyl with a lyric sheet and an exclusive track ('To Love Me Now’).

Tracks

A1. We Don't Talk
A2. The Kid
A3. Hey
B1. Be the Player, Not the Poet
B2. Birthday
B3. To Love Me Now (Demo)

Press

?Evoking the intimate touches of artists like Alex G, beabadoobee or Lucy
Dacus."
Under The Radar

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COMMON HOLLY - 'WHEN I SAY TO YOU BLACK LIGHTENING'

Formats

• DR1005LP - LP

  5060685310035

• DR1005CD - CD

  5060685310042

• DR1005LPX - LP (COLOURED)

  5060685310028

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*LAST REMAINING BLUE VINYL, ALSO AVAILABLE ON BLACK*Common Holly is Montreal-based Brigitte Naggar. ‘When I Say to you Black Lightning’ is a look outward, a submergence into the dark and dissonant with consolation found in harmony and dry humour. Like a ticking internal monologue, the nine labyrinthian yet catchy tracks observe the complexities of mental health, the precarity of life, and the challenges of finding strength in the face of grave misunderstanding. When I Say to you Black Lightning is about finding the seeds of strength to navigate adult life, and about the ways in which we all find ourselves in that place of struggle when life starts to show you its cards. It ditches fear without losing vulnerability, and trades in sadness for the healing powers of anger, and the strength of observing, recognising and confronting.

Tracks

A1. Central Booking
A2. Joshua Snakes
A3. You Dance
A4. Measured
A5. Uuu
B1. Little Down
B2. I Try
B3. It?s Not Real
B4. Crazy Ok

Press

'Common Holly? She's anything but.' DIY
'Piercingly intimate.' Stereogum
'She?s too good to be ignored.' Brooklyn Vegan

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